Bright eyed and busy tailed. Well, I was can't say Michele was hee hee :). This morning we headed back to Windorah. Do you know there is a blind gentleman there that runs the petrol station? He is amazing. Outside town is a very unique farm; a Solar Farm. Five huge dishes that follow the sun like massive sunflowers collecting sunshine, which sends it to a special machine converts it to electricity for the whole town to use. The electricity company is trying to reduce the use of current diesel generators and it seems to be working. It is amazing.
The distances between towns out here is sooooooooo big. I'd tell you my legs would be a wee bit sore if I wasn't in a car we travelled 218km today. So the decision was made we'd camp beside the Cooper Creek. Water from this creek actually runs into Lake Eyre when there is a big wet season. Guess what? That is where it is running right now. All the way to SA, whoa long way to go and we'll get to see it again in SA. It will be great to hang around the Cooper. You never know I might find some more friends.
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| Learning all abour the Solar Farm |
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| 5 dishes in total |
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| 112 mirrors in each dish. |
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| Camping on Cooper Creek with Phoenix. Can you see me? |
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| Room with a view from the rooftop tent looking over Cooper Creek |
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| Helping Michele with her work, on the Cooper. |
Andy Roo's Fact Finds: Windorah Solar Farm: Five dishes in total. Each Solar Dish is 14.5m high, so if you are about 1m tall it is 14 times taller than you! 13.7m wide. Has special tracking systems to follow the sun, with 112 curved mirrors made out of glass, polymer and steel laminate. Amazing stuff. For more cool facts about the farm; click on the link above.
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